I was on a podcast about being the OW
About a month ago, a producer reached out to me through Reddit to see if I’d be interested in being on a podcast called Proxy.
The premise is pretty cool: people write in about something they’re struggling with, and the show finds a “proxy” to have a real conversation with them. Sometimes that person has been through something similar, sometimes they simply bring a different perspective.
After quite a bit of back-and-forth with the producer and host, I decided to do it. I wanted to talk about being the other woman. Not trying to defend it, romanticize it, or ask for sympathy, but because there’s a whole side of that experience that rarely gets talked about honestly.
There’s a lot of shame attached to being the other woman, and I think shame tends to make people quieter, not necessarily wiser. So I figured…why not be a little uncomfortable and talk about it?
Anyway, I wanted to share it here in case anyone is curious enough to listen. Fair warning: apparently I have voluntarily chosen to put my questionable life choices on the internet. The episode was just released today.
Here is the link on Spotify, but it’s on all streaming platforms. https://open.spotify.com/episode/7G6y8StrM1Dy5xwIDWBLlb?si=UCR13_HZSwGKpaqv_WH1FA&utm_source=copy-link